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Questions tagged [lxsession]

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Autolaunch Programs on LXDE startup

I am having some issues with auto-starting programs when my Raspberry Pi 2 boots. I have tried editing both /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE-pi/autostart & /etx/xdg/lxsession/LXDE/autostart and neither made any difference. I put the following code in both…
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Autorun Firefox on startup...grrrrrrr!

Long Story (Short): Okay, I've read all of the guides, questions etc I can find and it's still not happening. I can't get the browser to open its self up when the pi boots. Background: I'm following this…
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(xfce4-terminal) Failed to connect to the session manager: SESSION_MANAGER environment variable not defined

I'm a newbie of both Linux/Raspberry Pi/X Window system. So this might be a dumb question, but I'm having a problem of seeing the following warning message when xfce4-terminal is launched from PuTTY + ssh connection + VcXsrc.exe on my…
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Black Screen after changing .config/lxsession/LXDE-pi/autostart

After opening .config/lxsession/LXDE-pi/autostart it approximately looked like this @lxpanel --profile LXDE-pi @pcmanfm --desktop --profile LXDE-pi @xscreensaver -no-splash @point-rpi @lxterminal -e python3…
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After boot I have two instances of Pure Data application

Raspbian Jessie on Pi 3 headless with VNC on laptop. I use /LXEsession/autostart to have application puredata running after boot. In Terminal with top 2 instances of puredata show up!! How come? Anybody an idea about this? pi@murf:~ $ ps aux | grep…
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Selenium Script on Startup

I have a selenium script that I created to use Iceweasel. It works fine if I run it manually. i.e. run the command myself. When trying to get it to run on startup it does not seem to do a thing. I have added the following line to…
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Raspberry Pi remote desktop

I would like to control raspberry pi from remote desktop. I tried to use Microsoft remote desktop from my android phone, and it works fine. however I want that I will be able to log on the same session that shown on the raspberry pi screen, that's…
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Local autostart file is missing, general autostart file throws error, direct execution of file goes well

I try to make a script startup via an autostart file. But I run into two problems which I do not understand. Why am I missing the ~/.config/lxsession directory. It is just a fresh raspbian installation (Raspbian Stretch Desktop + recommended…
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kiosk mode: lightm toggles between DisplayServer x-0 and x-1

I am running a Raspberry Pi 3B with a 7" touch display in kiosk mode. I am setting up Firefox to start on a specified web page, and have to specify the X server display number. User pi is set to auto-login, and launch Firefox by adding this line: …
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"cannot currently show desktop"

I was working on installing maven on my raspberry pi3b+ and when I rebooted it, it asked me to enter my password again. Upon entering the password a message pops up: Cannot currently show the desktop". I tried the following but nothing worked: a)…
Aishwarya Kanchan
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Problem running a Python3 script at startup with lxsessions

I have Raspbian Buster on a RPi4 and I was launching a Python3 based Kivy 2.0 app at startup. Since it is a GUI app that needs networking and bluetooth. The only way to make it work was an executable script with sudo chmod +x myapp.py and add the…
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How to get Nautilus as a desktop

Installing Nautilus is easy. But I can't manage to get Nautilus as a desktop. I have found forums around my topic but to no avail: Nautilus as desktop manager How to set wallpaper in Nautilus Desktop How do I get it done to get Nautilus as…
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Opening more than one Chromium Window on startup

for a information monitor i wanted to open different chromium windows on startup (The reason is because i use xdotool to switch between different websites and i dont get it to work if the Websites are in the same window (different tabs)) I wanted to…
Fabian Noll
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Missing lxsession in the home directory cd ~/.config

I am running the following os image on my pi 3 model b: Raspbian Buster with desktop and recommended software Image with desktop and recommended software based on Debian Buster Version:September 2019 Release date:2019-09-26 Kernel…
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Black screen with cursor after configuring LXDE-pi/autostart

I've seen this post that describes the same problem I am facing, but the use case was somewhat different and the OP never updated the post with their solution. I am attempting to run Synergy at boot, so that I can physically detach the keyboard and…
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